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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Lot's of bird action today in the backyard; a female cardinal, a kinglet, white crowned sparrow, a hairy woodpecker and a cooper's hawk! It was a cold night, so the birds are looking around to see what feeders have some food. This hawk has a really large […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Cooper's hawk sitting on a wooden fence.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Signs of autumn in the neighbourhood. The ginkgo tree fruit is ready. The sugar maples are turn red. #Toronto #autumn Location: www.openstreetmap.org/node/53553291…

ginkgo tree at the corner of an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Crab apples, a sign of the changing season. I'm sure lots of the little critters around really like that these are ripe. Many of these crab apple trees grow when people toss their apple cores, while walking. Location: Walter Saunders Park www.openstreetmap.org/way/56300240 #Toronto #autumn

$A 6meter tall crab apple tree, with few leaves, but lots of small, 5cm crab apples, along a walking trail.\$

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Botany One @botany.one · 05/10/2026

This is one study in one fen in the UK, but these are common European plants, and common European birds, so it’s reasonable to ask if this might be happening elsewhere too. You can read the thread on one page at www.botany.one/the-unapprec...

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The unappreciated pollinators of Northern Europe

Blue tits might add a bit of colour to the garden, but it turns out that might be doing a lot more than that.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Going to the allotment garden gives me the opportunity to take pictures. I then take too many of them. Instead of having them languish on my hard-drive, I try to post them here. With migration the turkey vultures are moving south, and passing over Toronto […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

turkey vulture in the air with its wings spread

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I like this pictures, a song sparrow sitting on rebar. This urban allotment gardens tend to accumulate lots of random material, that people use for building plant climbing structures and fences. These little birds like to sit on reeds and sing, but some […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

small song sparrow sitting on a piece of metal rebar

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bird on a large gauge wire. Mourning doves really like the allotment gardens. The allotments I'm at are under the high capacity power lines. It's a large field. The freshly turned soil of individual plots, and cut grass at the park, attracts these birds […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

mourning dove sitting on a very large gauge wire

main path in the allotment gardens, with overhead hydro wires

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I was at the allotment garden today, it rained briefly for a few minutes. Saw this white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence. It hung around and posed for a minute, for me. It's migration season so I assume that everything is on the move. Location […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Saw this Northern Mocking bird today at the allotment garden. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/464293658

northern mocking bird, little grey bird sitting on a twing

main path through allotment gardens with hydro wires overhead

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Saturday night #ceili #Ceilidh Set #Dance in #Toronto The legion is rented, the band paid, shoes polished. #Dancing #music #folk

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Starling and some sparrows enjoying a bath together. #Toronto #birds

1 starling and 2 sparrows in a cast iron bird bath

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Somebody in the neighbourhood must of lost a budge. I don't think I've seen one at the feeder before. #Toronto #birds

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

You don't see these cab over trucks that much anymore. Surprised to see this one in downtown #Toronto #cars #

blue cab over semi truck at an intersection

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The Honey Locust trees have turned yellow. They're always the first to go. #autumn #trees #Toronto

several honey locusts tree by a road with yellow leaves

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Glad to hear that some rain is on the way to #Toronto. The birds are not too happy and making full use of the bird bath. Along with all the other local animals. #birds #birding #Toronto

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Saw this white-throated sparrow this morning. It was amongst the dozen house sparrow that are typically in the backyard. Fall migration is well underway. I figure that the house sparrow attract such migrants, showing where food and water sources are. Mid-town […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

a white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence

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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Back home and in comfy clothes and fed. (I took a little nighttime ramble in High Park afterwards.) Here's the view from Bloor W. near Glendonwynne. #CriticalMass #BikeTooter #bikeTO

Looking east on Bloor towards High Park, just before sunset; the slope of the hill lets you see there is a dense procession of cyclists stretching as far back as the eye can see. Foreground blurred for privacy.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Saw two sapsuckers this morning. All the birds are moving with migration. #Toronto #birds Location www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1872…

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@enobacon Less chance of rust, surface area, binding up the locking ring I suppose.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

It was a Uniglide hub from 1986. 6 speed cassette. Managed to get it off without too much difficulty. #bicycle #biketooter #bike

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Has anybody encounter this freewheel from Shimano, has a VIA stamped on it, and Made in Singapore. Doesn't seem to be anyway of removing it. No place to put a standard freewheel key/wrench. I haven't checked under the dust cover. Not the greatest of steel rim wheel […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

freewheel with 'VIA' 'Shimano' and 'Made in Singapore' written on it.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

#Toronto progress in the #LRT the bridge across the Humber river continues to be built. #TTC this is at Jane and Eglinton. #Topoli #Onpoli

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Something has been eating the beans from out of the pods at the #allotment #garden Any guesses? Maybe a bird or a mouse? Seem to be from the middle or top of the lattice.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this vintage bicycle on Queen West today, Parkdale #Toronto. Still had the old Sears sticker on it. Figure it is from the 70s. A nice survivor #bicycle

blue racing bike with a sears sticker on steering tube

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

LIke this #DIY metal fence made with old bicycles. #metal #diy #foundart A 3 meter tall fence, with bicycles welded together. In #Toronto Parkdale. Aprox. location www.openstreetmap.org/node/207676681

whole bicycles turned into a 6 foot tall fence

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this old, maybe 250 year old, #tree that came down in #Toronto near Roncesvalles and HIgh Park. It was a far more destructive storm that happened 2 weeks ago, than people think. #ONStorm #climateChange I left a coffee cup for scale. This tree was probably as old as Canada.

1.5m tree trunk stump, with a coffee cup for scale.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this rickshaw #bicycle today in #Toronto on Roncy. Interesting conversion, part wood, part long thick steel straps shaped to form. It would be fun to try pedaling this, for a very short distance.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

If anyone, for whatever reason, is interested, this Fuji Absolute 5.0 frame weighs approx 3.6 kilos. Seat tube length is approx 48cm, and tube tube 55cm. I'm overhauling it, so decided to weigh it while it was dissembled. #bicycle

Analog hanging scale reading just over 3.5 kilos.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"In July, a total of 3,675 vehicles went 60 km/h or above on Parkside Drive, where the limit is 40 km/h. That’s an increase of 560 per cent over July 2025, when the number was 556." #OnPoli #ToPoli

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I forgot to post this Cooper's hawk that I saw last month in the backyard. I really like the urban feel of this picture. The red brick wall in the background, the cable wires that the bird is sitting on. This is in mid-town Toronto. #Toronto #nature #birds #hawk #ontario #urban

coopers hawk with brick wall behind it, sitting on cable wires.

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Does anybody know what plane this is? Saw it hiking at 1:24 p.m. near Orono #Ontario I didn't have my other camera, so had to use my phone for this shot. #plane #planespotting

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Old rail bridge on the Orono Crown Lands trail in #Ontario Part of the Ontario Northern Railroad. Opened in 1911 and closed in 1946. As a way of getting from Toronto to Montreal faster for farmers. #railroad #hiking Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/41999908

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Can't believe how many salmon I saw myself swimming up this little stream near Orono #Ontario #nature Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/65249935#…

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Salmon running here in #Ontario #nature Couldn't believe how many hundreds I saw in this little stream, all trying to work their way up. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/65249935

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

'Night' Market at Fairbank (Dufferin and Eglinton) subway station. #Toronto #Food #TTC #Topoli

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

This mourning dove #bird was relaxed, just sitting in a field, in the grass, didn't fly off. It was enjoying the peace of a late afternoon September. Great blue ring around the eye. #Toronto #birds Location Marie Baldwin #Park […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I think that I spotted the next evolution of #Toronto #architecture Here the home was remodeled very well, but the cheap and fast addition from the 70s? was kept. Perhaps as an homage to this grungy area that defined the neighbourhood. This would have been a very […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

a large brick home with several additions

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

The evening light and yellow flowers at the #allotment in #Toronto Location

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Saw a mushroom fairy ring in the grass. Not the greatest picture, but it was 2 meters across. Crazy to think how alive the soil is. Even when 99% of the time it just looks like a green lawn. This 2 meter wide fungus just does its thing. Location […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Several mushroom forming a ring formation

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

There are still a few of these food trucks around in #Toronto #foodtruck

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Astors, Sumac, and Goldenrod, the seasons are changing in #Toronto #nature Along the Beltline Trail www.openstreetmap.org/way/1009122275

a big bush of sumac, with hydro tower in background

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

@christyceeck.bsky.social I used that crosswalk as a child. The cameras made a great difference in the whole area. Car traffic was slightly slowing down, as all it took was a few people weary of getting ticketed to redce the overall speeds. #Toronto #Topoli #Onpoli

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